LOCATION
Newport, Gwent
NPT
31st
IMPORT VALUE RANK 2018
£890M
IMPORT VALUE 2018
45th
EXPORT VALUE RANK 2018
£110M
EXPORT VALUE 2018
~ £1.25-2.50 per pallet
Newport accomodates regular shipments of bulk cargo including clay, aggregates, and agribulks, forest productand energy cargoes.
Extensive warehousing available, with value-added services available, as well as warehouses accredited under TASCC for the storage of grain, wheat, and feeds. In total there is over 25,000 sq m of multi-purpose covered storage available within the port estate and there are large areas of open storage for non-weather-sensitive cargoes.
Newport has excellent links to the nearby M4 and direct rail connections. Nearby Stowga has warehouses available for short term along the side of the M4 managed by third party logistic (3PL) companies. There is some very cheap pallet storage available nearby - racked and unracked, perfect for overspill.
TOP 10 IMPORTED COMMODITIES BY VALUE 2018
Rank | Description | Total |
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1 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude); preparations, n.e.s., containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils more info | £610M |
2 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, clad, plated or coated more info | £130M |
3 | Ingots and other primary forms, of iron or steel; semi-finished products of iron or steel more info | £71M |
4 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, not clad, plated or coated more info | £52M |
5 | Fertilizers (other than those of group 272) more info | £14M |
6 | Wheat (including spelt) and meslin, unmilled more info | £6.5M |
7 | Feeding stuff for animals (not including unmilled cereals) more info | £6.1M |
8 | Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, and tube or pipe fittings, of iron or steel more info | £1.8M |
9 | Vegetables, fresh, chilled, frozen or simply preserved (including dried leguminous vegetables); roots, tubers and other edible vegetable products, n.e.s., fresh or dried more info | £1.6M |
10 | Iron and steel bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections (including sheet piling) more info | £1.1M |
TOP 10 EXPORTED COMMODITIES BY VALUE 2018
Rank | Description | Total |
---|---|---|
1 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, clad, plated or coated more info | £24M |
2 | Ingots and other primary forms, of iron or steel; semi-finished products of iron or steel more info | £22M |
3 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, not clad, plated or coated more info | £5.1M |
4 | Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, and tube or pipe fittings, of iron or steel more info | £150K |